The exploding ship on the surface of the sea was still burning, and there was a "crackling" sound in the flames. The corpses of the port after the bloody battle were scattered, the originally hot blood was cold, but it was still not windy, and the dawn brought the dew of the early sun, reflecting the streets and ports after the explosion, and also stretched the shadow of a pair of men and women who were originally related, but became enemies because of their opposing positions.

"Buzz" ......

Before Elizabeth could make any movement in her hands, the poisoned throwing knife spun and sliced through the air, flying at Joika at a tricky angle, leaving a curved arc of blue light in the light of the fire of the ship behind her.

The corners of Joika's mouth raised slightly, and with a drag of his long sword, he blocked the flying knife with a "dang" sound.

"Buzz", "Buzz", "Buzz"!

Elizabeth's right hand raised slightly, and three throwing knives came out in succession, striking at Joyka in three directions. Joyka returned to the sword to resist, only to hear two sounds, "dang" and "dang", and the flying knives coming from the front and left were blocked by the long sword, and at the same time, Joyka's head was tilted to the left, avoiding the flying knives coming from the right. At the same time, Elizabeth sent out two more throwing knives and flew at Joyka in a twist.

The difference between the dagger and the throwing knife is that although they are both sharp weapons that can be thrown, the blade of the dagger is straight, and it can only fly in a straight line, while the blade of the throwing knife is curved, so after the throwing knife is thrown, it can fly in a certain arc, and even fly back in a circle. An excellent knife user who is able to control the flying arc of the knife at will, allowing it to attack from angles that the enemy does not expect.

Elizabeth is such a very outstanding user of throwing knives, the first few knives she struck, Joyka can accurately predict its flight path, and swing her sword in advance to block or dodge, but the two swords that are sent later, Joyka is absolutely unexpected.

"When" - after returning the sword to block the throwing knife that was flying behind her back, Joika slid back and took a step back, holding her sword to fend off the next two flying knives, but when the two throwing knives were still 3 or 4 meters away from Joika, they suddenly turned around in an incredible way, and spun back to their original owners.

Elizabeth did not flinch, and an ominous smile appeared on her face. Joyka was shocked, he immediately understood what she was trying to do, and shouted, "Don't!" and immediately threw the long sword in his hand at one of the throwing knives, while the free other hand ripped off the scabbard at his waist and threw it at the other throwing knife.

The longsword completed its mission by incident, successfully knocking down the throwing knife it was chasing, but the scabbard was thrown too hastily and missed the target less than 20 centimeters away.

"Uh!" the knife struck Elizabeth accurately, the blade digging into her left shoulder. Elizabeth took a few steps back, still smiling at the corners of her mouth, then closed her eyes peacefully and fell back.

"No......" Joyka rushed to her like a whirlwind, and before she completely collapsed, she reached out and grabbed her waist and slowly lowered it, allowing Elizabeth to lie on her side in his arms.

Joyka immediately pulled out the poisonous throwing knife, threw the sharp weapon elsewhere, and then tore open the clothes at the wound, only to see that the originally pink and smooth skin around the wound had turned black and swollen, and black blood was pouring out of the wound.

It can be seen that the poison on the flying knife is quite powerful, and the moment the blade pierces the flesh, the toxin has already integrated into the blood.

"Antidote, antidote...... Where's the antidote?" Joika scrambling to search her belt, her clothes, any place where she could hide. In common sense, the poisoner usually carries the antidote with him, but in his desperation, he ignores the most important point: if a person is determined to commit suicide, there is no possibility of saving himself or being saved.

"It's useless. These poisonous ...... It's to let us ...... after the mission fails. Break it yourself...... There is no antidote at all...... "Under the effect of the toxin, Elizabeth's body deteriorated very quickly, and it became very difficult for her to even speak.

"Why? Why did you do this?" Joyka said, squeezing her hand.

At this time, all that occupied the heart of this iron-blooded man was deep remorse and guilt for his misjudgment. If the opponent was someone else, Joyka would have knocked her down with an arrow from a distance, and the reason why he chose to use the sword was also to subdue Elizabeth as much as possible without harming her, but he didn't expect that he underestimated her determination to kill Qingqing.

"The Night Stalker's mission...... There is no room for failure...... Otherwise...... Ahem...... "Speaking of this, Elizabeth suddenly coughed up a large amount of black blood, and at the same time, you can see that the whites of her eyes are covered with circles of black mesh, and the capillaries there have been occupied by black blood. This means that the toxin is being passed through the body much faster than expected.

"No cure doesn't mean there is no one to treat! Listen, I saved your life, and you can't die without my permission! You have to hold on to me!" Joyka immediately thought of Sophia, and immediately picked up Elizabeth and took her to Sophia. Although he didn't know if Sophia's light magic could purify the unknown toxin, he could only be a dead horse doctor in this critical situation.

However, before he could run a few steps, he stopped, and saw that his body went limp, and he slowly fell to his knees with Elizabeth in his arms.

"You, you......" Looking at Elizabeth in her arms, Joyka's face was full of surprise and disbelief.

Because just now, Elizabeth took advantage of his lack of attention and plunged another throwing knife into his body.

"I'm sorry......" The man in his arms slowly fell to the ground, under the influence of the toxin, Joika felt weak, and her consciousness became more and more blurred, and before she completely lost all consciousness, he only heard Elizabeth's last sad apology.

Her mission is to erase the mission objectives if the original plan cannot be carried out. It was only when Joyka's defense was most lax that she had a chance to make a move.

Even if you sacrifice your feelings, your humanity, and your life, you must not hesitate to complete the task. This is the essence of the "Night Stalker".

......

After the two of them fell, a thin figure sprang out from an unknown corner next to them. This is a masked woman who comes to the "corpses" of Elizabeth and Joyka and takes off her veil. This person is none other than one of the girls who was in the loan shark business in Elizabeth's casino "Ghost Kiss". Among the corpses found in the casino before, there was no body of the young girl, but for Joika and his party, who were outsiders, they were not familiar with this and did not pay attention to it.

The girl examined the bodies of the two, and after making sure that they had completely lost their hearts and breathing, she drew a short knife and stabbed Joyka in the heart, then carried Elizabeth's body and fled the harbor as fast as she could.